The Islamic Republic of Iran, the Venezuelan regime, and the shipping companies that move their petroleum products are using military technology to hide the location of their ships, in order to circumvent U.S. sanctions, Associated Press reported on February 3. By Julieta Pelcastre. Full Text -> Diálogo

Traducción de cortesía -> La República Islámica de Irán, el régimen venezolano y las navieras que mueven sus derivados del petróleo están utilizando tecnología militar para ocultar la ubicación de sus barcos, con el fin de eludir las sanciones de EE. UU., informó Associated Press el 3 de febrero

Traducción al español -> Google Translación

Windward, a maritime intelligence agency whose data is used by the U.S. government to investigate sanctions violations, carried out a detailed investigation into the Berlina. It considers the movements of the Berlina and the other ships to be one of the first instances of orchestrated manipulation in which vessels went dark for an extended period while off-ship agents used distant computers to transmit false locations. By JoshuaGoodman. Full text -> AP

Three Cuban-flagged tankers that are under U.S. sanctions for transporting Venezuelan oil to the Communist-run island have been serviced in the port of Veracruz on Mexico’s Gulf coast, according to vessel tracking data and industry sources. By Marianna Parraga. Full Text -> NationalPost

A partial easing of US sanctions on Venezuela on humanitarian grounds could pump Caribbean-loading cargoes into the Aframax and Suezmax markets, reviving the traditional local and long-haul Caribbean-loading routes. Uncertainty on the Biden administration’s approach to sanctioned oil-producing countries leaves the Americas dirty tanker market awaiting signals reversing previous administration policies. By Nicole Baquerizo, Catherine Wood and Barbara Troner, Full Text -> S&PGlobal

A Lloyd’s List and Lloyd’s List Intelligence special investigation uncovers the subterfuge tanker fleet that has evolved to ply sanctioned Iranian and Venezuelan oil trades, and the risks and challenges this provides for shipowners worldwide, By Michelle Wiese Bockmann. Full Text -> Lloyd’sList

Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA has begun marketing about 570,000 barrels of Corocoro medium crude recently offloaded from a floating facility that was listing last year, two sources with knowledge of the offer said. Crude onboard the Floating Storage and Offloading facility (FSO) Nabarima, operated by a joint venture between PDVSA PDVSA.UL and Italy’s Eni ENI.MI, started to be transferred to a tanker late last year amid environmental concerns from neighboring countries over a potential spill Full Text -> HellenicShipingNews

ABOUT half of the 1.3 million barrels of crude oil stored in the troubled Nabarima floating storage and offloading (FSO) facility, moored off Guiria, Sucre, Venezuela, have been transferred to an oil tanker, a Reuters report said on Thursday. By Sean Douglas. Full Text -> Newsday

The US Treasury Department has designated six tankers for violating US sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector. The tankers include Cameroon-flagged Panamax crude oil tanker Balita, Suezmax tankers Freedomand shuttle tanker Domani. The Balita is currently in transit, scheduled to arrive in Malaysia on Jan 24, according to Vortexa. By Liz Ramanand. Full Text -> ArgusMedia

The United States has assured Italian oil company Eni SpA ENI.MI that efforts to prevent a spill at a floating crude facility in Venezuela would not run afoul of sanctions, the company and the U.S. State Department said on Monday. By Luc Cohen, Stephen Jewkes. Full Text -> Reuters

Two Venezuela-owned oil tankers are crossing the Atlantic Ocean jointly carrying about 1.2 million barrels of heavy crude, vessel tracking data from Refinitiv Eikon showed on Tuesday, as the South American nation turns to its own fleet in the face of U.S. sanctions. By Marianna Parraga. Full Text -> MarineLink